I have to thank Linda from Expat Eye on Latvia for nominating me for the Versatile Blogger Award. She has been my most entertaining read of the decade. Latvia wasn't even on my radar 'til I was introduced to her blog. All of a sudden, I find myself wanting desperately to visit Cesis in a bid to say I too have seen the drunk town crier, worn surgical slippers to the museum, and sipped coffee at the cafe that doubles as a dress shop. Please give her a read ... and thank me later for the belly laughs.

- Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award. (same as above)

- Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself. (this is about to get FREAKY)

P.S. The rules say NOTHING about not re-nominating you if you've already received this award, so if that's the case, well enjoy it. I've only added you if I actually enjoy what you have to say.

So I have to nominate 15 bloggers. I would like to think I'm versatile because my reasons for nominating them include their courage, their humor, my love for them, but most of all, their ability to take an ordinary moment and turn it into something EXTRAORDINARY.

To Linda ... who told the world about me ... hope you're happy that I'm now exposing myself unabashedly to the world. These are my seven things about "Me" (all about me, always about me, have I mentioned me?):

1. I was madly in love with Captain Kirk until I was 12.

2. I wiggled my nose furiously from age 4 to 6 thinking if I wished it hard enough I could be Samantha from Bewitched.

3. As a child, I wanted to be either desperately poor or disgustingly rich.

4. As a teen, I debated between becoming a nun or a prostitute.

5. I lived in South America as a child; I did my stint in North America; I live in the Middle East now.

6. I prefer heels to comfort ... but mostly I prefer comfortable heels.

Despite the title, this space is not entirely egocentric. If you're dropping in to visit 'me' in the ME (Middle East), please inject a little bit of you!

Oh, and just in case you were wondering ... the nonsense on this site is actually mine, all mine. On the off chance you might feel the need to reproduce any of my ramblings or pictures, kindly do me the honor of at least quoting me appropriately (e.g. link back to this site). Or give me a million dollars. That works too.

I think you always visit me in the bright moments, Papa; you and Pain. I think that's where I'll always find you: in these brightest moments. So when Pain invites me to dance. I never refuse. The thought of no dance at all, of the absence, is far more painful than the intensity of remembering.

Gypsy in the ME

Just a Canadian Girl living in the Middle East

Nothing exciting. Just a Canadian girl living and working in the Middle East. Trying to make sense of life while driving, working, living and breathing in the desert air. Trying to convince herself that sand and beige can replace the blue skies, gold/green/red leaves.